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Terminated Phase 2 Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Carbidopa-Levodopa in Dry AMD With Geographic Atrophy

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03451500

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Official title

Carbidopa-Levodopa in Dry Age Related Macular Degeneration With Geographic Atrophy

Brief summary

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From 3 large patient databases, patients diagnosed with AMD who have never taken levodopa(L-DOPA) containing medications have a mean age of diagnosis at 71 years. Patients who have been treated with L-DOPA containing medications have a mean age of diagnosis of AMD at 79 years. L-DOPA binds to GPR143 in the retinal pigment epithelium, and releases PEDF, which protects the retina and downregulates VEGF, which is the cause of neovascularization. The Investigators will evaluate the safety and tolerability of carbidopa-levodopa in patients with Neovascular AMD, and measure the effects on visual acuity and retinal abnormalities due to "wet" (neovascular) AMD. The Investigators will evaluate the safety and tolerability of carbidopa-levodopa in patients with Dry AMD and Geographic Atrophy, and measure the effects on visual acuity, area of geographic atrophy and other retinal abnormalities due to "dry" AMD.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03451500
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
7 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
50 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 30, 2019
Completion
Oct 30, 2019
Last update posted
Apr 24, 2024

2018 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Robert W Snyder, MD, PhD, PC Tucson Arizona 85712

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